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Explore Jobourg in France
Jobourg in the region of Basse-Normandie with its 419 inhabitants is a place in France - some 200 mi or ( 322 km ) West of Paris , the country's capital city .
Time in Jobourg is now 07:38 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Southampton, Portsmouth, London, Liverpool, and Cambridge. Since you are here already, consider visiting Southampton . We saw some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Jobourg ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Cap de la Hague bei Sturm
Cap de la Hague Frankreich / Normandie ..
Jardin botanique de Vauville - 19/20 Basse Normandie Fr3 - 05/08/10
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The waves lash the stones at the Cap de la Hague (Normandy)
This video shows the sea at the Cap de la Hague near Goury, which the waves lashing the shore ..
Nez de Jobourg
promenade autour de la pointe de la Hague, Jobourg ..
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Interesting facts about this location
COGEMA La Hague site
The AREVA NC (formerly Cogema - Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires) La Hague site is an AREVA nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in La Hague on the French Cotentin Peninsula that currently has nearly half of the world's light water reactor spent nuclear fuel reprocessing capacity. It has been in operation since 1976, and has a capacity of about 1700 tonnes per year. It extracts plutonium which is then recycled into MOX fuel at the Marcoule site.
Located at 49.68 -1.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
La Hague
La Hague is a region on the tip of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy, France. La Hague is a picturesque place of Precambrian granite cliffs, coves and small fields surrounded by hedges. It faces the Channel Islands and there any many cousins on both sides of the Alderney race. The dialect of the Norman language spoken by a minority in the region is called Haguais. The Norman poet Côtis-Capel was a native of the region and used the landscape as inspiration for his poetry.
Located at 49.67 -1.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Jardin botanique du Château de Vauville
The Jardin botanique du Château de Vauville (4 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique de Vauville, is a private botanical garden located on the grounds of the Château de Vauville near Beaumont-Hague in Vauville, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. It is open afternoons in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden was begun by Eric Pellerin in 1948 on a windy site located within 300 meters of the Atlantic Ocean.
Located at 49.63 -1.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Querqueville Airfield
Querqueville Airfield is a former airfield .4 km north-northwest of Querqueville in the Normandy region of France.
Located at 49.67 -1.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
CSS Alabama
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, United Kingdom, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a successful commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in a Southern port. She was sunk in battle by the USS Kearsarge in June 1864 at the Battle of Cherbourg outside the port of Cherbourg, France.
Located at 49.75 -1.70 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
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